Alma Luz Villanueva (born October 4, 1944 in Lompoc, California) is an American poet, short story writer, and novelist.
Her Mexican grandfather edited a newspaper in Hermosillo, Mexico, and was a published poet.
Her maternal grandmother, a Yaqui Indian curandera/healer (as was her mother) from Sonora, raised her in the Mission District of San Francisco.
[1] She taught at University of California Santa Cruz, Cabrillo College, Naropa Institute, Mesa College, University of California, San Diego, Stanford University, Pacific University, and Antioch University Los Angeles.
She lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.